Chapter 2 (2/2)

“A-Ate Risa?” He turned around and saw his older sister walk out of the house and towards hiuessed that she did not see his atteirl’s vocal chords

“Is soh? Anyway, here are soirl by the gate and some coins in her hand

She s?”

“hello, Eros’ older sister!”

“Wow, you know me? You know Eros?” Ate Risa was somewhat surprised, even Eros himself was surprised…

Aside fro his name, she also knew his older sister What the fuck, he suddenly thought

“Yup!” She beamed at them

Ate Risa sly, “Are you a friend ofto carol in front of our house?”

Friend? Like he was going to be friends with an insane girl!

The crazy girl didn’t answer her and instead looked at Etos as if she was asking what her answer should be Ate Risa noticed this and came closer to Eros and repeated her question, “Is she your friend? I’d really be glad to meet one of your friends, you have never introduced anyone to me”

She looked so hopeful that it pained him to even say no to her He kne s about hih he suddenly becaht that she missed those ti to meet a friend of his seemed to make her happy, so yeah…

“Uh… yeah, she’snot to show his annoyance

“Yehey! Girlfriend!” Ate Risa clapped her hands in joy

His eyes widened

“Hey, she’s not irlfriend, I said she’s a friend!”

“Well, she’s a girl isn’t she? And she’s a friend? Then… doesn’t girl + friend equal to girlfriend?”

He knew she was just teasing hiet hiirlfriend for real, well she had always told hiirl he’d love soht He was just sad to say that she wouldn’t irl because he would never fall in love Love was not in his dictionary Blood and violence hat he was made for

“Ate,” he just frowned at his sister instead

She tapped hi and her mouth set into a wide smile

“Oh coirlfriend inside?”

“She’s not irlfriend,” Ate Risa rolled her eyes when he repeated those words, “and I’ her in because it’s already late She needs to hurry hoerous outside, there’s a chance so inside of the house,” he continued, saying the last words loudly and forcefully

He emphasized those last words He really didn’t want to let the crazy girl inside of their house because first of all, he didn’t really know her She was a fucking insane stranger, and secondly, he had no time to deal with her while she was inside of their house She was not very welcome, he deadpanned

“Eh- if that’s all, then you can just escort her home!”

If he didn’t care so ht’ve beaten her up already in anger as she was so persistent to get the insane lady inside of their house!

“But Ate Risa…” He was trying to think of excuses to stop his older sister but she only ignored hiirl in

“Coirl along by her arm

“What’s your name?”

“Eris”

“Wo cute! Eris is your name? And Eros is the nalint in her eyes, and if it were possible he swore she would have hearts in her eyes, “aren’t you guys souls!”

“Ate Risa!”

damn it, did she have to make fun of hirumbled

He glared at that Eris girl when he heard her giggle Was she laughing? He was so going to hit her once Ate Risa wasn’t looking

“You want soo inside Hey Eros, please prepare soirlfriend”

“Not irlfriend,” he repeated in hissister anymore

In his annoyance, he kicked the fence near the gate If only he didn’t care for his big sister, if only she was not dying, if only she was not happy seeing a friend even if that Eris girl wasn’t really a friend of his, he wouldn’t even let that crazy girl in He was only doing this because it wasthings that her sickness has caused and was causing her

His foster parents and Ate Risa kneas a rebel and they have had already experienced cops entering the house searching for hi and they had tried to scold, warn and talk to hiiven up on him, they didn’t care anying hi

His big sister was a good person, there was no wonder he was not blood related to her She was someone he would never be She was full of love and hope in her heart and his was just an empty bloody one

She always hoped that one day he would be able to see life in a brighter and positive way She had always told him that he could but he had always denied her hopes

“Eros, can you give me solittery eyes

He really wanted to take some cold water and throw it at her, how dare she ask hi? She should already be thankful that they were infront of Ate Risa, so he was trying his best just to control his temper He didn’t want to upset Ate Risa, he saw that she was happy to talk with Eris and she was already liking her Just his luck, oh fucking great!

“Yeah,” that was all that he said and he took her glass and returned to the kitchen to make her another juice

“What if I place some poison in here? We don’t have any poison in here butliquid for instant kill… nah, Ate Risa will surely be angry if I do that to that Eris girl and anger ht put Ate Risa’s health in a bad condition I’d killsis that much,” he muttered to himself as he prepared another cup of juice

He could hear their laughter in the living room from where he was in the kitchen He peeked a bit and saw his older sister laughing with Eris as they told each other stories

Ate Risa’s ss he had ever seen in his life Her senuine and never was it fake He would have surelyas she was there, he would do anything just to see those sirl na as he could make Ate Risa happy

He really wished her illness was just a big joke… he didn’t want her to die She was too good to die, what the fuck rong with this world? Why are the good people dying first instead of the bad people like him?

He really, really didn’t want her to die… He would’ve done anything just to save her fro…

“I can grant you a wish!+ Anything you wish for, you could wish for anything based on the aoodness you will be able to obtain in your heart!”

He didn’t knohy but what Eris said thatstarted to replay in hisin his head and as funnier was that it aligned to what he was thinking

It was as if it was the answer to his problem…

He suddenly thought,

“If she’s really true, if she’s really an angel who can grant e aoodness just to save Ate Risa”

Back then he hadn’t yet realised that that day was the day he started believing in angels

[1]: Ate is a common term in Filipino which refers to older sisters